Cloud Cult play Music Hall of Williamsburg tonight. They’re a good band. Trivia time. Fun fact. Let’s go Behind The Blob for a minute. Did you know Cloud Cult played an Oh My Rockness show 7 years ago at Emo’s Jr. during SXSW? It's true. Those were the halcyon days. Here's a song from that bygone era.

Sweden’s I Break Horses make post-lush-gaze-pop-tronica. And yes, even though those hyphenated made-up genre words look ridiculous, I bet after reading them you now know exactly what I Break Horses sound like. And isn’t that the whole point of this thing? So, you know, I’m not sweating it either. I Break Horses play Mercury Lounge tonight (and tomorrow at Rough Trade).

Modern Baseball (click that) play Best Buy Theater tonight. But I don’t want to talk about Best Buy Theater anymore. I just want you to listen to this Modern Baseball song. They’re a good band. No tricky times about this one. No, sir. No, ma'am.

&lt;a href="http://modernbaseballpa.bandcamp.com/album/sports-2"&gt;Sports by Modern Baseball&lt;/a&gt;

Grass is Green+ Heeney + some other young punks play Emet (which is Teme backwards - neat!) in Brooklyn tonight. It costs $6 to get in. Because $6 is the new $8 which was the old $10 that was a response to the standard $12 which used to be the alt $15.

Tycho (with Gardens and Villa) play Webster Hall tonight. Speaking of pretty music (which I was, several days previous to this one) there’s not an instrumental electric alt head alive making prettier music than Tycho. And while I haven’t even had a chance to think this claim through, I’m pretty sure I will stand by this statement for the rest of time.

And, of course, it wouldn’t be a proper Best Shows This Week without The Good Son. HOW YOU JUST GONNA LET GO OF YOUR SON AS HE’S DANGLING FROM A CLIFF, MOMS?!?!?!?

Saturday - April 19th, 2014 A.D.

Happy eBay Day... errr…. I mean Record Store Day! I hope you all have a really fun time searching for those 3 pressed copies of that limited edition thing that’s going to be gone before it even available to walk-in customers.

&lt;a href="http://wearenothing.bandcamp.com/album/guilty-of-everything"&gt;Guilty of Everything by nothing&lt;/a&gt;

Of course, the most important point of Record Store Day is not the limited edition thing. It’s supporting record stores. So go do that. And forget about that limited thing. It’s just something made by some frazzled music industry marketing department somewhere.

(I wonder what Best Buy Theater is doing to support Record Store Day.)

Frameworks and Gates play Saint Vitus tonight. And I’ve been looking forward to this one since I listed this show on the site however many weeks/months ago that was. Both of these punk bands have massively pretty leanings. There’s that word again - pretty. I guess I’m just in a pretty mood this week, guys. And I regret nothing. I’ll see you at this one for sure.

(this is such a great song.)

&lt;a href="http://gates.bandcamp.com/album/you-are-all-you-have-left-to-fear"&gt;You Are All You Have Left To Fear by gates&lt;/a&gt;

Iron Chic (click that) play Music Hall of Williamsburg (opening for World/Inferno Friendship Society) tonight. I don’t believe it’s an exaggeration to say that I’ve blasted their album below approximately 97 times since the beginning of the calendar year. Give or take 20-25 times, over/under. It’s really good and it makes me happy. I think it has to do with the guitars. No, I’m sure of it. It’s always been about the guitars.

Barnard College (Claire Rockness’ Alma mater!) has its W-BAR-B-Q today. Like every year, it’s free. And the bands this year include Amanda X + LVL UP + many more mostly punker rockers. Come hang with the outdoor college alts. I’ve got my hacky sack and patchouli juggling sticks sitting by the door ready to go.

(Amanda X also play later tonight at Shea with Slothrust and Weaves and Video Daughters - that’s how good they are.)

Sunday - April 20th, 2014 A.D.

Delicate Steve play Baby’s All Right tonight with Dustin Wong and Deradoorian. THIS MEANS I HAVE ANOTHER EXCUSE TO POST “BUTTERFLY” ON THIS THING AGAIN! And as long as Delicate Steve keep playing, I’m gonna keep posting it. It’s called paying it forward and throwing some goodness back into the karma. This song will set you free. Bet.